21 Actors Who Did Full-Frontal Nude Scenes

21 Actors Who Did Full-Frontal Nude Scenes — & Why

Outlaw King, Netflix's bloodiest (and beardiest) movie of the year, has landed and quickly garnered a lot of attention. While on the film's press tour, though, actor Chris Pine saw an opportunity to address the fact that there is still a huge double standard when it comes to nudity onscreen (of which there is some in Outlaw King). If you show a woman’s breasts, no one will bat an eyelid; but if there’s a penis involved — there tends to be a dramatically different response.

Still, it’s worth delving a little deeper into why we care so much. Part of the reason male full frontal gets so much attention is because it’s so rare, especially for A-list actors. Men rarely rarely get asked to show the full monty. It’s seen as extreme, something that will earn the film an extra strict rating from the MPAA. Where a naked woman might earn an R, a naked man might be considered NC-17 — as with Steve McQueen’s 2012 movie Shame, which showed Michael Fassbender’s character walking around his apartment naked.

And then there’s also the fact that it’s Chris Pine. A Hollywood Chris, member of the most wholesome, affable, universally loved tribe in Hollywood! Naked!

Still, he’s not the first dude to strip for posterity. Ahead, we rounded up some of the most memorable full-frontal scenes by male actors — and why they decided to do it.